John richards



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IMPROVEMENT IN HANGER EUR SEAITING.

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TO ALL WIIOM IT MAY CONCERN;

Be it known that I, JOHN RCHARDS, ot' Cincinnati, in-the county ofHamilton, and State of Ohio, have invented certa`in new and usefulImprovements in I-Iangers for Shafting; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full and exact description of the same, referencebeing hadto the drawings accompanying and forming,`

(a part of this specification', inwhioh- Figure lis a front elevationot' a post or bracket-hanger with my improvements.

Figure 2 is a vertical section through iig. 1, transverse to the lineofthe shaft.

Similar letters of reference on the two different figures indicatecorresponding parts. v

The nature of this invention consists in a journal-box for hangers,provided with means ot' vertical and lateralv adjustment, and alsoconstructed to pivot in all directions, so as to adapt itself' to theline et' the shaft by means of a tubularbox-steni, with a concave recessformed in its top, and in convex lugs formed upon the box to tit intothis recess, allowing a rocking motion in the line of the shaft, and inan eye-bolt attached to the box, and passing through the stem toretain'the box in its seat, all as hereinafter described.

Hangers for shafting, or, rather, the boxes mo-unted on-the hangers, tobe convenient yand operate well, require that they should pivot in twodirections, in a horizontal plane, and vertically in the line of theshaft, and at the same time have an adjustment independent of thehanger-frame, both vertically and laterally.

tfhese conditions are found in the hanger with my improvements, and,from its-peculiar construction, the oost is not increased over hangerswith a single or no adjustment, and the bo'x is freely pivoted in alldirections with but little fitting.

V To enable others skilled inthe art to make-and use my invention, Iwillproceed to describe the mode of construeting and manner of operatingthesame, 'with the aid of the drawings. I

The bracket or suppprts A are formed in the usual manner, to bolt toavertical face, or suspend from a ceiling, asthe nature of the workdemands. The box or shell t is cast upon and forms part of the bracket,and is bored out to receive the stem C. On the top of this stem isformed a socket, concave in thc bottom, as shown by dotted lines,fig. 1. On the bottom of the box S are cast two strong lugs, cl d, withtheir faces formed ecn- .veX, to fit the bottom of the recess in C. v

v The box is retained in its seat by the eye-bolt E and set-screws t 7L.The eye-bolt E is secured to the box by a strong pin, 1t, passingthrough the two lugs CZ el, as shown by dotted lin-es in iig. 2.

o is a screw of large diameter, tapped into and through the 'bottom ofshell '6, the stem C resting on its top as shown. It is also formed witha cylindrical hole throughout its length, to admit the eye-bolt E, andbasen its lower end a hexagonal extension, a', foi-.the purpose ofapplying a wrench.

Thelugs rl on the box S, are left with a space for the movement andlateral adjustment of the box S, to and from the plate at Z, iig. 2, bymeans of the-screws L It, as shown, the hole through thestem C andscrewplug o being formed large enoughto admit of the lateral movement ofthe holt E with box S, as will be understood. 'X is an oil-chamberformed in the box S, to insure lubrication. m is a nut on the eye-holtE, and holds the box Sin'its seat, besides clainping-tlie stein C andpiece o together, and holding the latter from turning when the box isadjusted. v

To adjust the shaft vertically, the nut m and screws h 7L are loosened,and the stern C and box S raised or lowered,by turning the screw-pieeeo, and. to adjust laterally, the nut m is loosened, and the box moved bymeans of screws h L.

p Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The stcnPC, formed toreceive the lugs d, substantially as shown.

2. The combination of the adjusting-screws 7L h and eye-bolt E, whenused substantially as herein shown and for the purposes specified. v

3. The cylindrical screw-piece o, for adjusting the box, when formed toreceive the bolt E, in the manner and for the purposes described.

4. The screws h L, in combination with the stem-piece C, for adjustingthe box S, as herein shown and for the purposes specified.

5. The stem-piece C, screw-piece o, eye-'bolt E, and screws h h,combined and operating substantially in the manner and for the purposesspecified.

JOHN RICHARDS.

Witnesses:

.. DAN. L. Lvo-N,

` W. S. KELLEY.

